Strategic Research and Development

SiCam Systems Corporation's team has been in the lumber size control business for more than 10 years. We are internationally recognized pioneers and leaders in the field. To stay at the forefront, we have an ongoing 10-year plan for the research and development of the systems. The following short list outlines key milestones and products developed between 2000-2005.

Year 2000 - Lumber Size Gauge.

The SiCam™ RealTime thickness and width gauge for sorter control and machine operator product identification features. [Completed]

Year 2000 - Feed Speed Control.

SiCam™ Feed Speed Control unifies depth-of-cut, sawing variation and other key data elements for each piece processed at the machine and passes key data to the PLC maximizing speed on the line. [Completed]

Year 2001/02/03/04 - Optimizer Integrations.

The SiCam™ RealTime System contains integration utilities to optimizers by Newnes, USNR/Perceptron and Comact. Scanner data is fed into SiCam™ RealTime where it is filtered and processed for real-time size control analysis & long-term trending. [Completed]

Year 2003 - Troubleshooting Database. The SiCam™ Troubleshooting Database System has been developed to save root causes, symptoms and solutions of miss-manufacturing events with key information to facilitate faster problem solving, root cause analysis and issue resolution. [Completed]

Year 2003 - Fence Verification Gauge.

The SiCam™ Fence Gauge matches actual board end position to the theoretical position from the fence PLC assisting with the set-up and tuning of finicky multi-stage fencing components. When the fence starts to miss-behave an alarm is sounded. [Completed ]

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